Serving with “Hart”

My first few weeks as a Recruitment and Training VISTA at Generations Incorporated have been awesome! I have been given a phenomenal opportunity to serve at an organization that is bigger than me, and I am so glad that I have embraced the opportunity. Over the past two weeks I have had the honor of meeting some of our amazing volunteers, and it has been really inspiring to hear what they have said about our program.

Ever since I made the decision to serve, I have heard from both ends of the spectrum what I should be doing this year, from either serving or continuing to law school. While I have always been confident that I made the right decision, a little piece of me wondered if those people that thought I should simply go straight to law school knew something I didn’t. Then it happened! I stepped off the elevator, walked into the office, and I knew that I made the right decision to serve for a year.

We spent much of that first day doing trainings, but later in the afternoon I was given the opportunity to help post some flyers in East Boston. As we went around from community center to community center, I listened to the passion with which the former Training VISTA spoke about Generations Incorporated. I was hooked. From that moment on, I knew without any hesitation that I wanted to be “in the thick of it”, looking for volunteers and helping train them in order that they may go into our program sites and be successful at what they do.

Since my first adventure in East Boston I have been lucky enough to take part in some of the other weekly events we have for our older adult volunteers. Two weeks ago, I had the pleasure of meeting an awesome group of volunteers at the Revere coffee club. Last week, I took part in our walking groups at Franklin Park and Revere Beach. I was thrilled to meet so many returning volunteers excited about the new school year starting at both locations!

As we inch closer and closer to the beginning of the school year I cannot wait to meet all of our fantastic volunteers, new and seasoned alike.

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